The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

campaign and the insurance company owned by the political group’s key financial backer, Arron Banks, have lost an appeal against £105,000 of fines for data protection violations in the wake of the EU referendum campaign. subscribers between August 2016 and February 2017.

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The Guardian Data Protection

JUNE 11, 2018

Fair Vote Project , a British activist group that is campaigning for changes to UK election rules, has launched the legal action against Eldon Insurance and a Bristol-based software development group, Big Data Dolphins. Related: Arron Banks refuses to appear before Commons committee Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

and the insurance company owned by the campaign’s key financial backer, Arron Banks, after fining the organisations a total of £120,000 for data protection violations during the EU referendum campaign.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

and the Eldon Insurance company, owned by Arron Banks, face fines totalling £135,000 over breaches of data laws, a report from the information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has confirmed. Related: Andrew Marr’s handling of Arron Banks was pathetic – and damaging | Andrew Adonis Continue reading.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Ads by secretive organisation Mainstream Network may have breached personal privacy rules A secretive group that has spent hundreds of thousands of pounds encouraging voters to back a hard Brexit is being investigated by Britain’s data watchdog, it has emerged.

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The Guardian Data Protection

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Until GDPR came in, with larger sanctions, larger fines, and the ability to reach outside the UK and preserve data, “we couldn’t be as effective a regulator as we can be now”, Denham says. 11.08am GMT On Twitter, meanwhile, Arron Banks has dismissed the ICO’s conclusions about data protection breaches by his companies, tweeting: “So what?”

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